Banks — Australian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Banks was won by David Coleman (Liberal) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 11,488 votes over Chris Gambian after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Banks from 1949 to 2019.

Australia uses instant-runoff (preferential) voting: voters rank candidates in order of preference, and if no one has a majority of first-preference votes, the lowest-placed candidate is eliminated and their votes redistributed to voters' next preference, repeating until one candidate has a majority. The "Winner" and "Margin" below reflect the final result after preferences (equivalent to the AEC's own two-candidate-preferred figure) — not simply whoever led on first preferences, which can occasionally be a different candidate.

Full Election History (After Preferences), 1949–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1949	Dominic Costa	Labor	24,537	61.5%	Howard Fletcher (Liberal)	9,166 (23.0 pts)
1951	Dominic Costa	Labor	28,219	61.7%	George Roffey (Liberal)	10,683 (23.3 pts)
1954	Dominic Costa	Labor	34,241	64.8%	Harold Stalker (Liberal)	15,652 (29.6 pts)
1955	Dominic Costa	Labor	23,431	60.8%	Harold Stalker (Liberal)	8,343 (21.7 pts)
1958	Dominic Costa	Labor	28,338	63.5%	Edgar Booth (Liberal)	12,016 (26.9 pts)
1961	Dominic Costa	Labor	31,755	69.0%	Jack Manning (Liberal)	17,511 (38.1 pts)
1963	Dominic Costa	Labor	33,175	59.0%	Milovan Kovjanic (Liberal)	10,161 (18.1 pts)
1966	Dominic Costa	Labor	31,974	52.8%	Herman Tibben (Liberal)	3,422 (5.7 pts)
1969	Vincent Martin	Labor	25,485	62.8%	Herman Tibben (Liberal)	10,383 (25.6 pts)
1972	Vincent Martin	Labor	31,620	64.0%	Randall Green (Liberal)	13,864 (28.1 pts)
1974	Vincent Martin	Labor	35,850	64.4%	Peter Kintominas (Liberal)	16,022 (28.8 pts)
1975	Vincent Martin	Labor	30,617	54.0%	Maxwell Gibson (Liberal)	4,582 (8.1 pts)
1977	Vincent Martin	Labor	37,330	54.2%	Paul Hinton (Liberal)	5,813 (8.4 pts)
1980	John Mountford	Labor	36,842	59.3%	Donald Mcconnell (Liberal)	11,526 (18.5 pts)
1983	John Mountford	Labor	39,013	61.9%	Charles Fairbairn (Liberal)	15,051 (23.9 pts)
1984	John Mountford	Labor	37,908	61.4%	Max Parker (Liberal)	14,050 (22.7 pts)
1987	John Mountford	Labor	35,180	56.8%	Max Parker (Liberal)	8,435 (13.6 pts)
1990	Daryl Melham	Labor	36,233	57.9%	Stephen Pratt (Liberal)	9,854 (15.7 pts)
1993	Daryl Melham	Labor	44,675	60.5%	Clive Taylor (Liberal)	15,558 (21.1 pts)
1996	Daryl Melham	Labor	37,442	51.4%	David Sparkes (Liberal)	2,051 (2.8 pts)
1998	Daryl Melham	Labor	41,818	57.1%	Stephen Iacono (Liberal)	10,408 (14.2 pts)
2004	Daryl Melham	Labor	37,468	51.8%	Roger Gray (Liberal)	2,553 (3.5 pts)
2007	Daryl Melham	Labor	50,392	61.1%	Bruce Morrow (Liberal)	18,283 (22.2 pts)
2010	Daryl Melham	Labor	43,150	51.4%	Ron Delezio (Liberal)	2,431 (2.9 pts)
2013	David Coleman	Liberal	43,990	51.8%	Daryl Melham (Labor)	3,105 (3.7 pts)
2016	David Coleman	Liberal	46,210	51.4%	Chris Gambian (Labor)	2,588 (2.9 pts)
2019	David Coleman	Liberal	51,609	56.3%	Chris Gambian (Labor)	11,488 (12.5 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

Every candidate's first-preference votes, before any preference redistribution.

1949

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Dominic Costa	Labor	24,537	58.3%
Howard Fletcher	Liberal	15,371	36.5%
Francis Foy	Labor (Non-Communist)	2,202	5.2%

1951

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Dominic Costa	Labor	28,219	61.7%
George Roffey	Liberal	17,536	38.3%

1954

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Dominic Costa	Labor	34,241	61.4%
Harold Stalker	Liberal	18,589	33.4%
Patrick Clancy	Communist Party of Australia	2,908	5.2%

1955

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Dominic Costa	Labor	23,431	56.0%
Harold Stalker	Liberal	15,088	36.0%
Patrick Clancy	Communist Party of Australia	3,356	8.0%

1958

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Dominic Costa	Labor	28,338	58.2%
Edgar Booth	Liberal	16,322	33.5%
John Lloyd	Democratic Labor Party	2,407	4.9%
Patrick Clancy	Communist Party of Australia	1,634	3.4%

1961

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Dominic Costa	Labor	31,755	58.1%
Jack Manning	Liberal	14,244	26.1%
Russell Duncan	Independent	5,190	9.5%
John Antill	Democratic Labor Party	2,476	4.5%
Francis Bollins	Communist Party of Australia	945	1.7%

1963

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Dominic Costa	Labor	33,175	56.2%
Milovan Kovjanic	Liberal	23,014	39.0%
Patrick Clancy	Communist Party of Australia	2,885	4.9%

1966

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Dominic Costa	Labor	28,748	47.5%
Herman Tibben	Liberal	27,349	45.2%
Norma Boyle	Democratic Labor Party	2,866	4.7%
Henry Hatfield	Communist Party of Australia	1,563	2.6%

1969

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Vincent Martin	Labor	25,485	51.2%
Herman Tibben	Liberal	15,102	30.4%
Peter Allen	Independent	5,949	12.0%
Reginald Jones	Independent	1,805	3.6%
Annette Andrew	Democratic Labor Party	1,030	2.1%
Kevin Watt	Independent	363	0.7%

1972

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Vincent Martin	Labor	31,620	58.7%
Randall Green	Liberal	17,756	33.0%
Charles Nasmyth	AP	2,392	4.4%
John Anderson	Democratic Labor Party	2,114	3.9%

1974

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Vincent Martin	Labor	35,850	60.9%
Peter Kintominas	Liberal	19,828	33.7%
Garry Bennett	AP	3,203	5.4%

1975

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Vincent Martin	Labor	30,617	51.7%
Maxwell Gibson	Liberal	26,035	43.9%
Denise Arrow	Independent	1,939	3.3%
Ralph Skelton	Independent	681	1.1%

1977

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Vincent Martin	Labor	33,452	48.6%
Paul Hinton	Liberal	25,942	37.7%
Montague Greene	Australian Democrats	9,453	13.7%

1980

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Mountford	Labor	36,842	53.6%
Donald Mcconnell	Liberal	25,316	36.8%
Montague Greene	Australian Democrats	6,600	9.6%

1983

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Mountford	Labor	39,013	57.8%
Charles Fairbairn	Liberal	23,962	35.5%
Montague Greene	Australian Democrats	3,908	5.8%
David Holmes	Independent	572	0.8%

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Mountford	Labor	35,473	57.4%
Max Parker	Liberal	21,705	35.1%
Montague Green	Australian Democrats	4,590	7.4%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Mountford	Labor	32,687	52.8%
Max Parker	Liberal	24,430	39.4%
Monty Green	Australian Democrats	4,819	7.8%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Daryl Melham	Labor	30,484	48.6%
Stephen Pratt	Liberal	21,957	35.0%
Paul Terrett	Australian Democrats	7,400	11.8%
Ian Clipsham	Communist Party	1,415	2.3%
John Hay	Independent	671	1.1%
Brian Meyer	Independent	483	0.8%
Graeme Robinson	Independent	354	0.6%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Daryl Melham	Labor	40,460	54.8%
Clive Taylor	Liberal	25,634	34.7%
Peter Farleigh	Australian Democrats	2,642	3.6%
Deborah Kirkman	Independent	2,522	3.4%
Paul Davaris	Communist Party	1,726	2.3%
John Hay	Independent	846	1.1%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Daryl Melham	Labor	31,878	43.6%
David Sparkes	Liberal	28,903	39.5%
Alison Bailey	Australian Democrats	5,566	7.6%
Gregg West	AAFI	3,797	5.2%
Don Thompson	Independent	2,076	2.8%
John Kayes	Independent	970	1.3%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Daryl Melham	Labor	32,599	44.5%
Stephen Iacono	Liberal	24,744	33.8%
Phillip Maddison	One Nation	8,010	10.9%
Alison Bailey	Australian Democrats	3,128	4.3%
Bill Chen	Unity	2,250	3.1%
Brian Grigg	Christian Democratic Party	1,422	1.9%
Greg Archer	Greens	1,075	1.5%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Daryl Melham	Labor	32,736	44.6%
Roger Gray	Liberal	30,927	42.1%
Stephen Makin	Greens	3,433	4.7%
Janne Peterson	Christian Democratic Party	2,654	3.6%
Harry Stavrinos	One Nation	2,302	3.1%
Mark Clyburn	Australian Democrats	676	0.9%
Greg Briscoe-Hough	Family First	655	0.9%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Daryl Melham	Labor	45,059	54.6%
Bruce Morrow	Liberal	27,728	33.6%
Susan Roberts	Greens	4,612	5.6%
Stephen Chavura	Christian Democratic Party	3,180	3.9%
Huu Khoa Nguyen	Independent	1,430	1.7%
Don Nguyen	Independent	492	0.6%

2010

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Ron Delezio	Liberal	38,178	45.5%
Daryl Melham	Labor	36,034	43.0%
Paul Spight	Greens	8,062	9.6%
Michael Parsons	One Nation	1,595	1.9%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Coleman	Liberal	39,899	47.0%
Daryl Melham	Labor	34,835	41.0%
Paul Spight	Greens	4,242	5.0%
Jake Wellham	Palmer United Party	2,125	2.5%
Mark Falanga	Christian Democratic Party	1,983	2.3%
Sayed Khedr	Independent	768	0.9%
Ross Richardson	Katter's Australian Party	553	0.7%
Robert Haddad	Democratic Labor Party	470	0.6%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Coleman	Liberal	39,423	43.9%
Chris Gambian	Labor	35,890	40.0%
Philippa Clark	Greens	5,225	5.8%
Greg Bondar	Christian Democratic Party	4,777	5.3%
Sharon Wu	Family First	1,621	1.8%
Roy Barnes	AJP	1,555	1.7%
Bob Spanswick	Independent	1,341	1.5%

2019

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Coleman	Liberal	46,709	50.9%
Chris Gambian	Labor	33,341	36.3%
Gianluca Dragone	Greens	5,339	5.8%
Ki Man Ho	Christian Democratic Party	2,624	2.9%
Reginald Wright	United Australia Party	2,029	2.2%
Anjali Thakur	AJP	1,688	1.8%

Margin Over Time

Final (after-preferences) winning margin, percentage points, coloured by the winning party.

Trend

Banks has been contested at 27 federal elections on record since 1949. Winning parties over that span: Labor, Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Banks in the 2019 federal election?

David Coleman (Liberal) won Banks in 2019 after preferences, with 51,609 votes (56.3%) to Chris Gambian's 40,121.

Which parties have won Banks since 1949?

Since 1949, Banks has been won by: Labor, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Banks?

The closest result on record for Banks was 1996, when Daryl Melham (Labor) beat David Sparkes by 2,051 votes (2.8 percentage points) after preferences.